Venezuela at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Venezuela at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	VEN
NOC	Venezuelan Olympic Committee
Website	cov.com.ve (in Spanish)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	32 (18 men & 14 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Julio Mayora & Anriquelis Barrios[2]
Flag bearer (closing)	Julio Mayora & Anyelin Venegas[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Venezuela competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's twentieth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. Venezuela failed to win a single Olympic medal for the first time since the 2000 Summer Olympics. Raiber Rodríguez fell short of his bronze medal match in the Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg, losing out to Ri Se-ung of North Korea.

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	4	6
Boxing	1	1	2
Cycling	1	0	1
Equestrian	1	1	2
Fencing	4	1	5
Judo	0	1	1
Shooting	2	0	2
Swimming	2	1	3
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Weightlifting	2	3	5
Wrestling	2	2	4
Total	18	14	32

Venezuelan track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[3][4]

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
José Antonio Maita	Men's 800 m	1:48.02	8	1:46.44	3	Did not advance
Joselyn Brea	Women's 1500 m	4:13.17	15	4:05.93	6	Did not advance
	Women's 5000 m	15:02.89	8 Q	—				15:17.04	15
Yoveinny Mota	Women's 100 m hurdles	DSQ		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Leodan Torrealba	Men's triple jump	16.18	29	Did not advance
Robeilys Peinado	Women's pole vault	4.40	=12 q	4.60 SB	10
Rosa Rodríguez	Women's hammer throw	71.76	10 q	72.98 SB	8

Venezuela entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Omailyn Alcalá qualified herself to Paris in featherweight division by advancing to the semifinals round at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Meanwhile Jesús Cova assured an olympic quota through the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jesús Cova	Men's 63.5 kg	Bye	Sinsiri (THA) L 0–5	Did not advance
Omailyn Alcalá	Women's 57 kg	Szeremeta (POL) L 1–4	Did not advance

Venezuela entered one male rider to compete in the men's road race events at the Olympic, after secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Orluis Aular	Men's road race	6:26:57	53

Venezuela entered one riders in the individual jumping event, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Groups D and E (Americas).^[7]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Patricia Ferrando	Honnaisseur SJ	Individual	67.143	7	—		Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Luis Fernando Larrázabal	Condara	Individual	20	63	Did not advance

Venezuela entered one female and four male fencers into the Olympic competition. Men's épée team secured quota places after nominated as the highest ranked nations team, eligible for Pan American zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024, while Katherine Paredes secured her olympic spot through the Zonal Panamerican Olympic Qualifier Tournament 2024, held in San José, Costa Rica.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Francisco Limardo	Men's épée	Bye	Wang (CHN) L 12–15	Did not advance
Rubén Limardo		Bye	Andrásfi (HUN) L 10–15	Did not advance
Grabiel Lugo		Zhang (CAN) W 15–11	Koch (HUN) W 15–10	Andrásfi (HUN) L 12–13	Did not advance
Francisco Limardo Rubén Limardo Jesús Limardo Grabiel Lugo	Men's team épée	—			Japan (JPN) L 33–39	Classification semifinal  Italy (ITA) L 34–45	Seventh place final  Egypt (EGY) W 41–35	7
Khaterine Paredes	Women's sabre	Márton (HUN) L 10–15	Did not advance

Venezuela qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Anriquelis Barrios (women's half-middleweight, 63 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anriquelis Barrios	Women's –63 kg	—	Belkadi (ALG) L 00–01	Did not advance

Venezuelan shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022 and 2024 Championships of the Americas, 2023 Pan American Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Douglas Gómez	Men’s 25 m rapid fire pistol	569	29	Did not advance
Leonel Martínez	Men’s trap	116	28	Did not advance

Venezuelan swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):^[10]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alberto Mestre	Men's 50 m freestyle	22.02	21	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle	49.51	31	Did not advance
Alfonso Mestre	Men's 400 m freestyle	3:48.20	19	—		Did not advance
	Men's 800 m freestyle	8:12.03	29	—		Did not advance
María Yegres	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:00.66	20	Did not advance

Venezuela qualified one athlete to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games. Yohandri Granado secured his spot by virtue of winning the semifinal match, through the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yohandri Granado	Men's –58 kg	Bye	Park T-j (KOR) L 0–12, 0–12	—		Ravet (FRA) L 1–2, 2–6	Did not advance

Venezuela entered five weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Katherin Echandia (women's 49 kg), Anyelin Venegas (women's 59 kg), Naryury Pérez (Women's +81 kg), Julio Mayora (Men's 73 kg) and Keydomar Vallenilla (Men's 89 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Katherin Echandia	Women's −49 kg	83	9	105	9	188	9
Anyelin Venegas	Women's −59 kg	102	6	128	6	230	4
Naryury Pérez	Women's +81 kg	114	10	145	7	259	8
Julio Mayora	Men's –73 kg	152	5	DNF
Keydomar Vallenilla	Men's −89 kg	162	10	196	8	358	8

Venezuela qualified four wrestlers for Paris 2024. All of them qualified for the games following the triumph of advancing to the final round at 2024 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico.^[11][12][13]

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anthony Montero	Men's −74 kg	Dake (USA) L 0–10 ST	Did not advance
Betzabeth Argüello	Women's −53 kg	Malmgren (SWE) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance
Soleymi Caraballo	Women's −68 kg	Ozaki (JPN) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Raiber Rodríguez	Men's −60 kg	Mammadov (AZE) W 3–1 PP	Cao (CHN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Mohamed (EGY) W 4–1SP	Bronze medal final  Ri S-u (PRK) L 0–4 ST	5